Ch. 14 Urinary Quiz 1

Question 1

_________ is the area of the kidney where vessels, ureter, and lymphatics enter and exit.

Answer 1

Hilum

Question 2

__________ is the functional unit of the kidney; includes a renal corpuscle and a renal tubule.

Answer 2

Nephron

Question 3

__________ is the area in the midportion of the kidney that collects urine before entering the ureter.

Answer 3

Renal pelvis

Question 4

____________ receives urine from the minor calyces to convey to the renal pelvis.

Answer 4

Major calyces

Question 5

______________is one of several conical masses of tissue that form the kidney medulla; each consist of the loops of Henle and the collecting tubules of the nephrons.

Answer 5

Renal pyramid

Question 6

______________is the small vessels found at the base of the renal pyramids; appear as echogenic structures.

Answer 6

Arcuate arteries

Question 7

________________ is the muscular retroperitoneal organ that serves as a reservoir for urine.

Answer 7

Bladder

Question 8

________________is part of the collecting system adjacent to the pyramid that collects urine and is connected to the major calyx.

Answer 8

minor calyces

Question 9

____________________is the network of capillaries that are part of the filtration process in the kidney.

Answer 9

glomerlus

Question 10

____________________is the central area of the kidney that includes the calyces, renal pelvis, renal vessels, fat, nerves and lymphatics.

Answer 10

renal sinus

Question 11

____________________the area in the midportion of the kidney where the renal vessels and ureter enter and exit.

Answer 11

Hilum

Question 12

____________________is a product of metabolism; laboratory test that measures the ability of the kidney to get rid of waste.

Answer 12

Creatinine

Question 13

____________________is a normal variant that occurs on the left kidney as a bulge on the lateral border.

Answer 13

Dromedary hump

Question 14

____________________is located outside of the normal position, most often in the pelvic cavity.

Answer 14

Ectopic kidney

Question 15

______________ is a stone within the urinary system.

Answer 15

Urolithiasis

Question 16

______________ is the first layer adjacent to the kidney that forms a tough, fibrous covering.

Answer 16

Renal capsule

Question 17

____________________is bands of cortical tissue that separate the renal pyramids; may mimic a renal mass on ultrasound.

Answer 17

Column’s of Bertin

Question 18

_____________ is dilation of the renal collecting system.

Answer 18

Hydronephrosis

Question 19

______________ is the congenital malformation in which both kidneys are joined together by an isthmus, most commonly at the lower poles.

Answer 19

Horseshoes kidney

Question 20

____________________is an interruption in the normal development of the kidney resulting in absence of the kidney; may be unilateral or bilateral.

Answer 20

Renal agenesis